| USA. 470 Class North American Championship Regatta |
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| Friday, 12 August 2005 | |
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Jim Billings Bay View Boat Club: 470 Class North American Championship Regatta of 2005 Begins This Saturday; Olympic Class Sailing Event Visits Bay Area for the First Time; 60 Teams From 17 Countries Participating Highly athletic sailors from around the world competing. John H. Super is the Racing Manager of the 470 Class North American (NA) Championship Regatta of 2005 and the Racing Committee Chairman for the Bay View Boat Club. Skip Whyte is the U.S. Team Captain. The South Beach Yacht Club, the Bay View Boat Club, and Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors (BADDS) are co-hosting the 470 Class NA Championship Regatta of 2005. Volunteers from the three clubs are running the entire regatta. San Francisco Por Commission and Pilsner Urquell are sponsors. For the first time in sailing history, the 470 Class North American Championships http://www.470classnachampionship.org/ are being held on San Francisco Bay. 60 2-person teams, in both men and women's divisions, from 17 countries will be competing. Each race, for four days beginning Saturday, August 13, is along a designated course in the water south of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and will last for about 60 minutes. All races will begin about 1:30 p.m. The 470 sailing boat is an Olympic class dinghy. The 470 NA Championships are the beginning of the quest for the gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and are what the U.S. Golden Gloves are to Olympic boxing. The public has the opportunity to watch world-class 470 sail racing, and meet the highly athletic sailors that just competed. Spectators may view the racing along the shore or on the Ruby tour boat, call 415-861-2165. In addition, members of the three sponsoring clubs are accommodating the competing sailors in their homes and boats for the next two weeks. Friday, August 12, 2 p.m.-5 p.m., Practice day Saturday-Tuesday, August 13-16, 1 p.m.-6 p.m. are race days Opening ceremonies, flags raised, speeches given, Friday, August 12, 6:30 p.m. Awards Ceremony, winners awarded medals, Tuesday, August 16, 6:30 p.m. Bay View Boat Club 479 Terry Francois Blvd, Pier 54, San Francisco Cost: FREE The South Beach Yacht Club, the Bay View Boat Club, and BADDS are dedicated to introducing Olympic class sailing to the water south of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. |
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